Ithaca Island, Greece

Ithaca or Ithaka is an island located
in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi)
and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is also a separate
regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the
regional unit. It lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west and
within sight of continental Greece. The municipality of Ithaca includes some
islets as well. The capital, Vathy or Ithaki, has one of the world's largest
natural harbours. Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca,
the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is one of the elements
of the Odyssey's plot.